Read string without parsing in Python xml.dom

As you probably know, Pythons xml.dom readString() throws an exception, if there is anything wrong with the xml code.

I am currently writing a simple xmpp chat server, and as you probably a开发者_开发知识库lso know, one of the first client request message does not close the stream:stream tag, until it does not get a reply.

Is there any way to use pythons xml.dom without "parsing" the xmlcode or should I write my own xml parser?

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DOM parsers always need to read the entire XML file. You want a SAX parser.

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Any reason you're not using an already established XMPP library like xmpppy? (See also)

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The parser that is likely to give you the best experience is xml.parsers.expat. In your StartElementHandler create a DOM element, and add it to the current element as a child, then set the current element to the new element. In your EndElementHandler, pop the current element to that element's parent. If the parent was null, you have a stanza. Do careful testing of namespaces; you're liable to get the attributes wrong the first time.